New books, nappuccino and cartoons
Vol 2 Issue 2
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Vol 2 Issue 2 |
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Meet New Books
I am a moody reader. Sometimes I feel like escaping to a world where Jupiter is for sale, or a single consciousness is split among ten clones. And some days I feel like being part of a murder mystery in Kyoto.
Recently, I wanted to go back to Middle Earth, but not Middle Earth.
This quest led me to Meet New Books - a platform that makes it easy to find your next read.
I gave it LoTR, and it gave me The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson.
Is he as good as Tolkien? Of course not.
But it scratches my itch just right.
They have many of the usual features (personalised picks, like-minded readers, discover books by topic, genre, etc.), but I haven’t tried them out yet.
Check the site out here Meet New Books
A hack I am trying out
NAPPUCCINO
Working from home has a lot of benefits. A comfortable bed a few paces from your ‘office’ is one of them. It’s also a curse right after lunch.
It’s a battle I have lost multiple times.
The Nappuccino is something I have been experimenting with for the past few weeks, and it has worked for me.
How it works:
A 5 min walk right after lunch.
Drink (not sip) a cup of coffee, set an alarm for 25 minutes, lie down, close your eyes and rest.
The science:Caffeine takes about 30 minutes to activate. So by the time you get up from your afternoon nap, the caffeine will get you buzzing.
The timing is everything.
Sleep scientists tend to agree that a short “power” nap, somewhere between ten and 30 minutes, is best.
Studies have found that a 26-minute power nap enhanced pilots’ physiological awareness and performance. If you sleep past this window you enter the deeper phases of sleep, and you will wake up groggy and disoriented.
An artist I follow
MARKETOONIST
Tom Fishburne, aka the marketoonist, uses humour and cartoons to deliver clever insights into the world of marketing.
I have often marvelled at how he sketches out things that I have noticed but haven’t had the skill to describe well.
Read his take on marketing in times of uncertainty here. The cartoon is amusing as always, and his words are enlightening.